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Discovery Education is giving STARS exclusive access to the New Techbook! Not only can you surf the Techbook to discover all the great resources and tools for you and your students, but Discovery Education Team will give you a complete tour, showing features that you otherwise would maybe overlook if browsing the Techbook on your

On Saturday, 30 WI DEN Members came to the Apple Store: West Towne Mall, Madison WI. The morning started with casual sharing while enjoying coffee and rolls provided by the DEN. The Apple staff took time to explain many details and features of the iPad while showcasing some of the top apps available. Our Leadership

DEN shining STARS continue to grow in WI. Rita Mortenson took time to introduce Julie to our DEN community. Please take time to send warm replies, showing Julie how Great it is to be among the STARS. You too, can become a STAR Discovery Educator! HERE’s HOW! ****************** Rita: I am honored to announce

Will our students be ready for a global workplace? Transforming Student Learning with CBL Last year, Salisbury Township School District implemented Professional Learning Communities K-12 as a way for teachers to model the District’s Mission Statement: Inspire, Think, Learn, Grow ~ Together. And together we have learned and taught, researched and studied, traveled in

The presentation’s title was Students FLIP for Movie Making, but when Lynn Fuini-Hetten and Jennifer Brinson presented at LCTIs Teaching and Learning in Today’s World workshop, it was the teachers who were FLIPping over our PA DEN STARS and their “lesson from the field.” I wish I could have attended this session but I was

DEN STARs Brandon Lutz and Tracey McGrath try to do the impossible: 60 tools in 60 minutes. My friend and DEN STAR Jennifer Brinson, who has seen 60 in 60 before, says they do not usually make it through to the end, but the presentation is always a delight. Judging from the packed room, this

If you read Robin Martin’s post about the gala premiere of TLC’s Brace for Impact, then you can sense how special the evening was. Courtesy of Robin, you can read more about the Brace for Impact here. Look for the public showing of the movie on Sunday, January 10, 2010. You can order copies of

Yes Brace for Impact the DEN STARS arrive in New York City! Thirty seats were available for STARS to attend the premiere of the documentary of Captain Cheslely Sullenberger, the pilot of flight 1549, who had to land the aircraft in the Hudson River because a flight of Canada geese flew into both engines. Over

Image via Wikipedia STAR Discovery Educators are invited to join us on June 18 and 19 in Silver Spring, MD for a special strand of the SilverDocs International Film Festival – SchoolDocs. Great professional development, access to screenings, and more! If you are interested in attending either day, contact Lance Rougeux Lance Rougeux (lance_rougeux@discovery.com) ASAP.

Copied from DEN National Blog We have two special treats for our STARs today. First, we have a whole new series of DEN badges for you to proudly display on your blogs, wikis, email signatures, etc. Just visit the DEN badges page, find the one you like, copy the code and off you go. There’s

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One of my least favorite trends in education is hatin’ on PowerPoint. Visual presentation in and of itself isn’t the problem! A quick glance of Google search results for “PowerPoint meme” sums up the anti-PowerPoint narrative sweeping the web: PowerPoints can be dreadfully boring, and relying solely on teacher-centered instruction is problematic. That being

Many of you may have realized, to your chagrin, that the Xtranormal site has been shut down as of July 31st. I searched for alternatives and found Digital Films . I have only been playing around with it for a few hours, but have not noticed a feature that allows characters to speak typed text

I pride myself on my lectures. I was voted “Best Lecturer” in the 2013 Sherwood High School yearbook. I’ve been told that my lectures are easily understood, engaging, interactive with plenty of student discourse–and I’m pretty darn funny! My students consistently scored very well on the Advanced Placement U.S. history exam. So what’s the issue? Lecturing works.